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This thin lithosphere may preferentially fail along gently dipping thrust surface if a compressional stress is applied to the region. en.wikipedia.org

During periods of inactivity, the lithosphere cools conductively and thickens to over 300 km. en.wikipedia.org

The lithosphere is underlain by the asthenosphere, the weaker, hotter, and deeper part of the upper mantle. en.wikipedia.org

The temperature underneath the orogen is much higher and thus greatly weakens the lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

Later work pointed to tectonic uplift, caused by reheating within the lower lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

The uppermost mantle together with the crust constitutes the lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

The mantle plume hypothesis predicts that domal topographic uplifts will develop when plume heads impinge on the base of the lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

Subsidence follows bulge movement and uplift, and is produced on the cratonic side of the orogen due to regional isostatic adjustment to the load by the lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

They occur almost exclusively at oceanic-continental convergent boundaries in association with subducted oceanic lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

Soil is considered the skin of the earth with interfaces between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. en.wikipedia.org

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